Only one survived, sadly. From wiki
U-417’s anti-aircraft fire had been accurate. The B-17 ditched; all eight of the crew were forced to share a single dinghy. On 14 June, an American navy PBY Catalina attempted a landing but crashed. Its crew of nine found themselves adrift on two rafts. The B-17 crew were found and rescued by Jack Holmes in a British Catalina of 190 squadron on the same day of their ditching, but the Americans were not found for another five days. Only one man survived, the others died of exposure.
Tonight BBC 1, 7.00 pm, The One Show, Dornier 17 at Cosford with Dan Snow
With out doubt one of the greatest and significant aircraft collections in the world! go – enjoy!
CWH have announced that the final schedule is taking a little longer than anticipated to finalise for release.
Question for the Lancaster experts here, will this be the first time FM213 has flown to UK or did she at anytime do so post-war while in service with RCAF Maritime Air Command?
Sorry, I think you misunderstood me. I will be paying for a flight, I just need to decide whether it will be a cockpit one or not. 🙂 Being able to look over the aircraft while it’s in flight would be the dream. 🙂
From CWH website,
£3500- Seated in the back end of the Lancaster for take-off and landing, you will have full access to the aircraft during flight (except the nose and tail turret). The flight is 30 minutes in duration over the historic airfields of Lincolnshire.
£5000 – Seated in the cockpit area in the Navigator’s seat of the Lancaster for take-off and landing, you will have full access to the aircraft during flight (except the nose and tail turret). The flight is 30 minutes in duration over the historic airfields of Lincolnshire.
I decided to go for a cheap seat!
Flight booked!!!!!!
BBC news today, can be found here.
From Cosford’s facebook page….
The BBC has been at Cosford today filming the Dornier. Look out for it on tomorrow’s breakfast show (approx. 7.50am BBC1)
The four US crewmen who died in a helicopter crash in Cley-next-the-Sea, north Norfolk, have been named.
The US Air Force said the crew of the helicopter were Captain Christopher S. Stover, Captain Sean M. Ruane, Technical Sergeant Dale E. Mathews and Staff Sergeant Afton M. Ponce.
The HH-60G Pave Hawk from the 48th Fighter Wing was based RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk and came down on Tuesday.
It was on a low-level night training mission and carrying live ammunition.
RIP
For those interested, Clarkson is on BBC 2 tonight at 9.00pm, telling the story of Arctic Convoy PQ17.
Returned to East African Airways livery you mean.